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9 Summer Fragrances to Satisfy Every Kind of Wanderlust

Spritz your way to far-flung destinations
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Jo Malone London Star Magnolia Cologne, $70
Escape to: A flower-lined garden path in England

Sure, there's something fulfilling about those trips where your itinerary is planned down to the minute from dawn to dusk, but there's also something to be said about those getaways that encourage us to stop and smell the flowers. When you're looking for the latter escape, you'll want to adorn your wrists with Jo Malone London's limited edition Star Magnolia Cologne (also available in a hair mist). The delicate blend of lemon, star magnolia and sandalwood notes have all of the charm of new blossoms opening to greet the sun on a spring day. Immerse yourself in this bright floral fragrance, and you won't be able to help but smile.

Escape to: Provence at sunset

Is there anything more romantic than watching a sunset cast its golden glow over the lavender fields of Provence? You'll want to smell L'Occitane's Terre de Lumière before making that judgment. The aromatic scent combines sweet honey and calming lavender notes for a subtly seductive experience.

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Escada Fiesta Carioca, $62
The escape: A Bustling beach in Brazil

What's the next best thing to sipping a caipirinha while people watching on Copacabana Beach? Escada's new limited edition perfume. A real fiesta in a bottle, this scent grounds flirty notes of passion fruit and red raspberry with a touch of musk and cedar. Each spritz of the fruity fragrance will transport you further and further from your humdrum life -- and that much closer to the revelers in Rio de Janeiro.

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Goop Edition 02 Shiso, $165
The escape: A meditation retreat in a tranquil forest

Close your eyes. Picture yourself on the sun-dappled forest floor, a green canopy above your head, a sparkling pond glimmering through a clearing in the distance. These are the transportive powers of Goop's earthy, woody fragrance. Derived in part from natural ingredients, the perfume combines shiso leaf, oakmoss and palo santo for a scent designed to evoke nature and calm the mind. With this perfume gracing your pulse points, the only thing left to do is place your palms together at heart center and say, "Namaste."

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The escape: The streets of Soho in New York

Though sunny weather tends to get the glory this time of year, there's something to be said for a well-timed summer shower. The kind that softens the punishing heat radiating through the concrete jungle and gives us an excuse to hole up in a hip downtown café to wait out a storm -- or share an umbrella with an intriguing stranger. With refreshing aquatic notes of vetiver and neroli, this moody fragrance captures the irresistible magic of droplet-flecked windowpanes and hazy skies. (Even better, this scent is now available in a solid stick, making it the perfect companion for wherever your travels take you.)

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BY MARY SQUILLACE | MAY 19, 2017 | SHARES
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